Volume IV: Camps and Other Detention Facilities under the German Armed Forces
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KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER (KGL) FORLI

Alexander Kruglov
Translated by Kathleen Luft

KGL Forli existed in September and October 1943 and was deployed in Forli, a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy (the capital of the province of Forli-Cesena, about 64 kilometers [40 miles] southeast of Bologna) (map 6).1 It was subordinate to the Military Commander of Upper Italy (Militärbefehlshaber Oberitalien)/General Command (Generalkommando) Witthöft, which was part of Army Group (Heeresgruppe) B.

KGL Forli was designated for the temporary confinement of Italian military prisoners. No details regarding conditions in the camp have come to light, but the Germans generally treated Italian military prisoners harshly.

SOURCES

Primary source material about KGL Forli is located in BA-MA (Heeresgruppe B; Militärbefehlshaber Oberitalien, RH 24-73/14).

Additional information about KGL Forli can be found in the following publication: Gerhard Schreiber, Die italienischen Militärinternierten im deutschen Machtbereich 1943–1945: Verraten, Verachtet, Vergessen (Munich: R. Oldenbourg, 1990).

NOTES

1. Schreiber, Die italienischen Militärinternierten, p. 240; Militärbefehlshaber Oberitalien (Generalkommando Witthöft) Qu/Qu 1 No. 41/43 g.Kdos., H.Qu., 5.10.1943, Betr.: Sicherstellung von Auffanglagern (BA-MA, RH 24-73/14).

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